BettyFold.co.uk
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Betty Fold self catering holidays in the heart of the Lake District - Ambleside, Cumbria, UK
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“ I have visited many parts of the World and have revelled in the marvellous beauties to be found in them, but for concentrated loveliness I know nothing that can quite compare with the lakes and mountains of Westmorland, Cumberland and Lancashire”
The house was built in 1907-8 by Henry Holiday who was an artist and designer of stained glass windows. He was a friend of William Morris, Rosetti and Edward Burne-Jones and a regular visitor to John Ruskin at Brantwood. There are several examples of his stained glass in local churches.
Much of Henry Holidays work is in the Pre-Raphaelite style. His best known painting is of Beatrice and Dante which is in the Walker Gallery in Liverpool. There is also a huge mural in Rochdale Town Hall of the Signing of the Magna Carta.
